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IFS to debut flagship Horizon trimmer at Ipex
Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) is to use next March’s Ipex as the springboard for the “zero makeready” Horizon HT-1000V variable three-knife trimmer, which it said was suitable for “runs of one...
Duplo hails last week's London Calling event
Duplo has acclaimed London Calling 5i as its most successful to date in terms of attendees, sales and integration of its event partners.
Business Bank allocated extra £250m
The government is to provide an extra £250m to the British Business Bank to lend to small businesses, on top of the £1bn already allocated.
Prontaprint Walsall rounds off £400,000 spend to realign business
Prontaprint Walsall has bought an Esko Kongsberg i-XE10 digital cutting table, which rounds off a £400,000 investment programme to refocus the business.
Craftprint installs Konica Minolta C6000
Craftprint has cranked up its digital output by installing a new Konica Minolta C6000 digital printer.
HH Global joins government export taskforce
HH Global has been appointed to a government taskforce of 100 SMEs from the creative industries to target £500m of overseas contracts in the next three years.
Canon updates Prismaproduction workflow system
Canon has unveiled the latest version of its Prismaproduction automated workflow and output management system, version 5.
Rapidity targets post-press automation with Duplo spend
Rapidity signed for a Duplo DC-745 multi-finishing system on the opening day of Duplo’s London Calling 5i event this week and revealed plans for future investments in web-to-print and achieving ISO...
Regent Group in consultation
Envelope and greetings cards manufacturer Regent Group is in consultation with staff over plans that it says will lead to “a significant number of redundancies”.
Kodak: patent claims are 'totally off base'
Kodak has dismissed claims made by an intellectual property consultancy that it has retained valuable patents that were supposed to become the property of the Kodak UK Pension Plan.
Synkcreative upgrades with Edale
Agency Synkcreative has invested £200,000 in a new Edale Beta six-colour UV flexo label-press to boost its production firepower.
Royal Mail profits surge in half-year results
Royal Mail Group profits have more than doubled in its first results to be published since it was privatised last month.
St Ives print ops 'performing well'
Operating profits at St Ives are ahead of this time last year, according to the firm’s interim management statement.
Infusion GB hones tea packaging with Domino inkjet kit
Tea and herbal drink packager Infusion GB is printing directly on to enveloped teabags for the first time after buying four Domino G220i thermal inkjet printers.
De La Rue revenues down but operating profit shows growth
De La Rue has posted an 18% increase in operating profit, before exceptional items, in the six months to 28 September 2013 on revenues that were 5% down on the same period in 2012.